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ZEPHYRS ZEPHYRS
1

And on the balmy zephyrs tranquil rest
The silver clouds.

KeatsPosthumous Poems. Sonnets. Oh! How I love on a Fair Summer’s Eve.


2
Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows.
PopeEssay on Criticism. Pt. II. L. 366.


3
Lull’d by soft zephyrs thro' the broken pane.


4

And soften'd sounds along the waters die:
Smooth flow the waves, the zephyrs gently play.

PopeRape of the Lock. Canto II. L. 50.


5

Soft o'er the shrouds aerial whispers breathe,
That seemed but zephyrs to the train beneath.

PopeRape of the Lock. Canto II. L. 58.


6

The balmy zephyrs, silent since her death,
Lament the ceasing of a sweeter breath.

PopeWinter. L. 45.